General Douglas MacArthur used this method of "island-hopping," also called leapfrogging in his strategy to <span>regain the </span>Philippines<span> from </span><span>Japanese occupation.</span>
C. hunting plants and animals became the source of food.
... frustrations with how independence had led to situations where caudillos (authoritarian leaders) rose to power.
Bolivar had wanted a united Spanish America, a great nations, but the wars of independence had tended to result in charismatic military rulers leading their own countries in authoritarian ways -- what we today would call dictators.